1704 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1704 in Ireland.
Events
- Registration Act, an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of Penal Laws, requires all existing Roman Catholic priests to register in their local magistrates' court by July 20, to pay two £50 surety bonds for good behavior, and to stay in the county where they registered, with a financial inducement to convert to the Church of Ireland.[1]
- A House of Industry opens in Dublin to accommodate the destitute.[2]
- October 26 - Richard Levinge, member of the Irish House of Commons, is created 1st Levinge Baronet, of High Park in the County of Westmeath.[3]
- Thomas Taylor, member of the Irish House of Commons, is created 1st Taylor Baronet, of Kells in the County of Meath.
Arts and literature
- George Farquhar co-writes the play The Stage-Coach.[4]
- Jonathan Swift publishes his first major satires, A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, in London.[5]
Births
- William Handcock, politician (d. 1741)
Deaths
- January 1 - Dominic Burke Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin.
- February 20 - Thomas FitzWilliam, 4th Viscount FitzWilliam, statesman (b. c.1640)
- c. February - Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet, politician.
- August - Francis Taaffe, 3rd Earl of Carlingford, courtier and soldier.
- November - Henry Nugent, soldier.
References
- ↑ 2 Ann c.7. "An Act for registering the Popish Clergy". Laws In Ireland For The Suppression of Popery. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ↑ Burke, Helen (1987). The People and the Poor Law in 19th Century Ireland. Littlehampton: Women's Education Bureau. pp. 9–10.
- ↑ Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, ed. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
- ↑ Farquhar, George (1914). Strauss, Louis A., ed. 'A Discourse Upon Comedy', 'The Recruiting Officer' and 'The Beaux’ Stratagem'. Boston, Mass.: D. C. Heath & Co. p. x.
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 290. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.